Legal Opinion
City of Seattle v. Hurst
Washington Supreme Court
Decided September 24, 1908No. 7458PublishedCited by 22 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Frater, J., entered May 22, 1908, upon a trial and conviction of the misdemeanor of soliciting passengers for hire in a railway station, after a trial before the court upon an agreed statement of facts.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
The appellant was convicted under an ordinance of the city of Seattle making it a misdemeanor for hack solicitors to solicit passengers for hire in a railroad station when such station is being used by passengers leaving or entering. He appeals from a judgment assessing a fine against him.
The facts are agreed to, as follows:
“That the defendant, oh the 3d day of July, 1907, was acting and engaged as a hack solicitor, and while engaged *425in such occupation soliciting customers and passengers for hire, did go upon the railroad station and in the railroad depot, in the said city of Seattle, at the…
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- Napman v. PeopleMichigan Supreme Court · 1869
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Snohomish County Builders Ass'n v. Snohomish Health DistrictCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1973
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